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CVE-2017-18240

N/A
Published: March 19, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCollectd

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

The Gentoo app-admin/collectd package before 5.7.2-r1 sets the ownership of PID file directory to the collectd account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a root script sends a SIGKILL (when the service is stopped).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103469
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628540
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-10

CVSS

4.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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